Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Spring/Summer/now Fall Projects.....cont'd......, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
It IS Labor Day--so I have been "laboring" away.....

Here it is--mid-afternnon--and I have spent the day outside catching up on things I have been meaning to do since Spring. REALLY had to fight the inpulses to go shopping! Lots of self-talk!.....Yeah! I persevered!

Today--I FINALLY divided a huge potted Spider plant that was so root-bound it was yellowing out most of it's leaves. Had to break the ceramic pot in pieces to get it out.....Started out accidentally as I banged it on the table--and then i did it on purpose.....No other way.....OH WELL!
Then--hacked the Hell out of the root-ball with a big knife--like cut all the roots off all around the root-ball and also about 3" off the bottom. Then I repotted it in fresh soil in a 10" hanging basket. It WILL be OK! I KNOW that! I will give this away--most likely--as I have 2 other HB of Spiders already. Connie (my last tennent that i work with) asked me for some plants.....

THEN--continuing with my resolve in this great weather we are having--I I FINALLY divided my "Pregnant Onion" and gained about 15 new pots of this plant afterward (Like I needed that!). That took about 2 hours.....Put the bigger "onions" in 5" clay pots and 2 clay Window Boxes-- The smaller rooted "onions" went into 4" clay pots. The pea/bean/marble sized "babies" all got put in cell packs and in 2 shallow pots to grow as they can. I have done this before--and then I have all these plants to share at the next "Plant Swap" with DG people. Of course, by now, everyone that has ever wanted one of these already has one.....WOE BE ME!!!!! WHY do i do all this???? I have to now find room for 10+ more pots of something in my house for the Winter.....
Will, probably, keep all these on the windowsill in my laundry Room and just ignore them! Water them when I think of it--that's all.....
OH, OHHH----There is also the "Climbing Onion" that has to live on this window-sill! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm......It DOES climb a lot!

I could, probably, make some $$$ if i sold these--as i do not think there are too many people that know anything about these "odd" plants I have....leave alone own one of them. Should do this, also, with all the Brug cuttings i root.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm......
Will have to wait until next Spring--as these divisions need to "settle in" and grow a bit.

That leaves still dealing with the HUGE Clivia......Oh, I need someone to hold my hand on this one!!!! It is over 30 years old--and has been in the same container for all that time.
IF I am successful--I can sell each of these divisions for at least $25-$30. A rare plant--indeed.

Here's the original, crowded planter of the Pregnant Onion. Has been haunting me since Spring....